Dommination of FI cars.

[zach craig]

I am sorry if i offended eny one in eny way. I no that with more heads up races car counts will hit the craper. Not 2 meny guys want 2 dump big bucks in a car just so they can conpeat. I am one of thim at this point. Not that my family n team does not have the cash the brains or the tallent. Just 4 info we have ben racing s/c and brackets 4 a few years now with some success. And no i am not a cancer looking 4 the spotlight i do that with what i have. I just like no box racing over electronics that is all. Good luck 2 all in the 2008 racing season

[Stewart Way]

Lee
Don't doubt that you have seen 0 vacuum at WOT but I would bet most S and SS cars see some vacuum because they have to run the factory undersized carb. Reading info from Maxrace Software, and Larry did some testing on 283 Chevy SS combos with the 4GC carb and WOT vacuum was 4-7 "hg. If the engine can pull more air than can flow thru the 4 little barrels then you will have a restrictive carb which results in vacuum in the intake.
The Holley Carburetors & Manifolds book says "If the carburetor is too small, pressure drop at wide-open throttle will be greater than the desired 1 inch Hg (for high performance). My guess is that most S and SS class cars have too small a carb because it was sized for driveability rather than all out race.
So back to the original comment that got this started. If you can energize a solenoid at WOT and introduce a metered amount of air and the correct amount of fuel is injected by the computer, you have a HP increase. This is the same thing the 2 bbl stick shift stockers used to do in the early 70's by spacing up the carb from the intake and jetting up in the carb. It would pop and bang on the line but under load it made more power but it was a trial and error thing. Thats where the rule came from that required all vacuum leaks plugged and all carbs bolted tightly.
If I get to the shop next week I will pull some Hemi dyno runs and see if we recorded vacuum.

[STK 1045]

Jack, Thanks for the warm welcome. I actually ran a J/SA 79 Aspen on and off for about 4 years in Division 1. Oh I know how the game is played, and of course, the costs. But you got to admit, I'm bringing one mean mother of a gun to the fight. I stand corrected, Richard Todd and Tommy Baird ran the fastest side by side Stocker run in NHRA history I think it was either 2000 or 2001. Richard Todd went 10.12, Tommy Baird went 10.13. Enjoy and see you at the races. Frank Hamer Jr.

[Daran Summerton]

Since the number of classes in Stock have been cut in half, does that mean the class winners receive double the purse???????
Why doesn't NHRA post the payout at any events to include class?????

I can say at a div. race last year I got lucky 5 times. Care to take a guess at my purse????? A whooping $150 !!!!

I support the classes combining but still have not heard any new NHRA Purse POSTINGS !!!!!!! Where is the incentive ???

P.S. At the previously mentioned divisional, I could not even run the index